The Sun. — London, England, 1808-03-28 00:00:00

. . 06' F.!rrol, from Captain Maitland , of hiS Majesty's Ship 11,:uerald, reciting an attempt he had made to cut out, of Viyero Harbour, on the evening of the 13th inst. a large French Schooner; an exploit which I trust' their: Lordships. will .conceive with me to do great credit. to all concerned, for their en-, 'daunted spirit and perseverance: the number o f men,_ however, killed and wounded on the occasiotb (of which a list is inclosed here‘Vith) is much4Q be lamented. • I have the honour to be, &c. . GARDNER, Ills IVajesty's Ship Emerald, gff, Vivtra, Nlv tont), .iliurck 1 4, • 1808. 1 beg to state that, .having . fulfilled the first part of your Lordship's order, beating' date %the 13th ult. I was proceeding to communicate with the Commanding Otfieer oft' Ferrol, when; hi' running Tong shore, about five o'clock yesterday afternoon, a very large Schooner was di3covered at anchor in Vivero' Harbour, with a French ensign andpendant flying. Though I had never bees in that port, from its appearance, and the place laid doim in Fossines Chart, it seemed to me not a very dial- cult matter either to bring her out 'or destroy her, I It was late in the day for such an undertaking, but us we had 'a full moan, and alarm guns were tiring from the Forts and Schooner, 1 without hesitation decided on putting it instantly into. execution, as they would doubtless have been better prepared for our reception: had it been deterred till morning. 4t about, half an hour after five P. M. the first Fort on the right going in, consisting of eight _ twenty-four pounders, opened on the Ship, as did the other (containing five of the Sarne calibre) on the left,:as soon as she was within range. 'As,I saw it was hnpossible to place the Ship in ti situation to aet upon the batteries at the same. time, I. sent the First Lieutenant, Mr, Bertram, accompanied by Lieutenants Meek and Husband, .of the Marines, and Messrs. Mildridge and Saurin, Masters' Mates, ito storm the outer Fort, and proceeded with the Ship as near the other (which was about a mile far ther in) as the depth of water would allow, where she was plated, the sails furled, &c. I sent Mr. 'WM. Smith, the Third Lieutenant, with another party; to endeavour to spike the guns of the Fort; . then engaged with the Emerald, Mr. Bertram hav in g happily succeeded in driving the Spaniards out of the battery he had been sent to attack, and spiked the guns. Lieutenant Smith, almost,immed!atety on landipg, was opposed by a party of soldiers, most of whom fell,•and their Officer among the number; but before they were completely subdued they had led hiin a ,considerable distance into . the country, being by that time quite dark, ,and from the nature of the ground, having been obliged to land nearly a mile from the Fort, he, was under the necessity of returning without finding it, as it had been silenced a considerable time by our fire; .it opened again, however, about ten o'clock, and continued engaged with the Ship till near two hours, whets she was out of range. While these otxurrencea were taking place, Mr. Bertram, with his Party, had walked on over land, and joined Mr. Baird, the Midshipman, who had been sent to take possession of the Schooner, which had rink on shore on the rocks. As soon as they made out our determination of entering the Port on the road, he was met by a party of the Schooner's crew, consisting of about sixty men ; they gave and received a -discharge of musketry from our people; bet on their advancing with the pike end bayonet, took to flight, leaving several dead on the road. Mr. Bertram's anxiety to save the Schooner induced bins to persevere, for several hours, in at-, tempting to get her off (which was rendered'im pradticable from her.. having gone on shore at high water) ; during which time a large body of Infantry bad been colleeted, .and galled our men so excessive ly with musketry, that it became absolutely neces sary to set her on fire, which was accordingly done about one A. M.. when she soon blew up, and at daylight there was not.a vestige' of her to be seen'. From the. Papers I have in my possession, the Schooner appears to have been a French Corvette,' culled L'Apropos, commanded by Mons. Lagary, Lieutenant de Vaissean, which had arrived with Dispatches from the isle of France on the 24th of December; mounted eight twelve pounder cargo- trades, but pierced for sixteen guns, with upwards of seventy men.. She had yesterday put to sea, btu4. returned to an anchor on the signal being. made for an enemy. She appeared.to me the largest Schooner I ever saw ; our Officers inform me she must have been upwards of 250 tons bun hen,eopper-botromed, ~and, in all re: pefla a most complete Vessel. I must beg leave, my Lord, to request you will slate Lieut. Bertrain's meritorious tonduft to the Lords Commis tatters of the Admiralty in the strongest point of view; whet' I hope their Lordships will be in duced, in consideration of his very gallant beha viour, and a most severe wound he ha received, to consider him , worthy of that reward which in o ur serviee has ever been looped up'to as the certain consequence of distinguished bravery. Mr. Mil dridge, Master's Mate, a young man who has served the whole of his time with me, and whose gallantry has been represented to me, by Lieute nants Bertram and William Smith, as highly exem plary, I hopnyoer Lordship will- be Induced to men tion 415 Q as deserving of promotion. The co:Wu& of Lieutenant Bertram and hixpatty, as well as that of Lieutenarlt William Smith, renders it unnecessary tne to say any thing further on the subject. shallaherefore only add, that Mr. John Smith, the Second Lieutenant, Who I kept on board - to assist. Me, as well as Mr. Broken.sheo, the Master, and the whole of the officers and ship's company . that remained in the Ship, have toy warmest thanks for their cool and steady conduol during an adlion that lasted; with intervals, for more than six hours. — The Ship'a damages are trifling to what might .have been expected, which I account.for by the Enemy not being able to distinguish where the shot fell, and having taken a bad elevation, most of them passed over her. When the Boats had returned afterfiring the Schooner, we weighed, and had the good for tune to obtain,a light stir of wind, that sent us just , qut of the shot, of the Batteries, When we Were obliged again to anchor, otherwise our situation this morning would have been by no means'pleasant,. .the Spaniards must by that time have unspiked the guns itt the, outer ,Vort, and at daylight six. Go.: boats were seen pulling front the Westward. About, eislit A. M. a light breeze springing up, %ee weigh . madesaillitwards them : when within about two gtin-shoti of the Enemy, .it fell again perfectly calla, and they hadthe:tenterity atilt to ro* : for its finding the'Ship's broadsid e c o uld not be kept towards them by the boats, I ordered . the anchor to be let go with a spring, and when within good reach - of grape, ,opened a fire, which they received and ie- Inriied with 'tolerable spirit for about half -au hour, -when they Made the best of their way into Veres ;Bay ; anthis . several shots were seen to strike them, I haie noldonbt considerably damaged them. The -,xiitallu , ,ant of wind prevented me from following and 0 . destroying them. • I cannot conclude this Letter, my Lord, Without . once more expressing how highly I appreciate the behaviour of every Officer and Man in the Ship I have the honour to comniand, during a most ardu ous and fatiguing service that lasted , for eighteen hours, the whole of Which time they were either at their guns or 'expeCting every instant to be called to them, Our loss, lam extremely sorry to'-say, yeryi great in killed and wounded, and most of them the besftnen in the Ship. What the EneMy's may be, froni'llie nature of'the service, it is impossible to ertitinoliough we know it to be very consider 41e, I i iuclose a List of killed and Wounded be longing to the Emerald. • I have the - Honour to he, Set. (Signed) F. L. 'MAITLAND. The . Right 119 n. Lord Gardner, &c. . A. List of Killed and. Wounded on board His Majesty's Ship Emerald, in Yivero Harbour, on the 13th of March. IBA .Killed— john Lyons, Boatswain's Mate. William Johnson, Yeoman of the Sheets. john Davis (a), Captain's Cox., swain. Isaac Hurst, Ship's Corporal. Fr4derick. Weather al, Seaman. Thomas Brown, Seaman. Gre4ory Vowel, sergeant of Marines. 10S. Da WS6II, Priirate of Marines. Gugg Porter, Private of Marines, Wounded-- Lieutenant' Charles Itertrant; severely. Lie Ut e Giles Meek, of the Marines, Slightly. Lieutenant . john Husband, of ditto, slightly. Mr. Mathew Mild .- ridge, Master's Mate, slightly. Michael Gleeaon, ter-Master, dangerously. William Kiley, Seaman, yitto: 'George M‘Allister, Seaman, severely. William Moore, • Seaman, ditto. • in West, Captain's Steward, ditto. joint L loyd, M Private of Marines, ditto. john Baylis, Sea. Mail. slightly. lames Connor, Seaman, ditto. Richard Caulfield, Private of Marines. ditto. fames Dale, Private of Marines, ditto. Mariner, Private of Marines, ditto, John Pettiper ' Boy, ditto. 'Total -9 killed and ,6 wounded. (Signed) F. L. MAITLAND. • • Admiralty-Office, March 9,6, 1808, copy of a Letter from Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Cot ton,7 Bart. Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Ships and Vessels qii the Tagus, to ,the Hon. tr. I'o/e, dated on board the Hibernia, Feb: 17, 1808. &tit, • . I request ydu will lay before tire . Lords Commis, sioners of the Admiralty the inclosed Copy of a Let ter I have receivedfrom Capt. YeO,`Of his Majest y's . Ship 'the Contiance, detailing a very gallant exploit Performed in two Boats, commanded by Messrs. Trist and ',argue, Masters' Mates of that Ship; the former of whom having passed for a Lieutenant, and being strongly recommended by Captain Yeo for his general good condutt, I harp appointed to an as Lieutenant on board his Majesty's Ship Alfred (in the room olanother absent in a Prize), in order to mark my approbation of his cOndrstt on this parti cular occasion, and which, I have no doubt, their Lordships will also duly appreciate, by promoting Mr. Trist to that rank he appears, in my opinion, justly to deserve. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) C. COTTON. liis-1114esty's_Ship Cuzifiance, at Anchor Sin, o/] 'the Tagus, Fel). 1 4, ISO?. • Flaying been informed of a report at Lisbon that the Russian Squadron were about to sail, - I last night sent the Cutter and Jolly-boat, under the orders of M. Robert Trist, , Master's-mate, accompanied by Mr. Largue, Master's-mate, to Prow Guard in the mouth of the Tagus, When Mr. Trist, perceiving a French Gun-vessel at anchor, under Fort St. Pedro, between Forts Belem and St. Julien, he instantly boarded in a most gallant manlier, and after an ineffe6 - tual resistance on the part of the enemy, cap tured her. She proves to be La Cannoniere, No. 1, commanded by, Mons.Gaudol p he, En - sign deVaisseau, mountmg.one 25-pounder and two brass 6-pounders, with 'too stand of arms, and' 50 Great praise is due to Mr. Trist 'and his small party for the intrepidity they displayed, when it•is considered our boats had only 16 men in• all, op- posed to such superior force under heavy batteries, and were hailed and fired at long before'they reach . - ed her. I therefore beg leave to recommen&Mr. Trist (having passed for Lieutenant near twelve tnonths). Mr. Triest speaks oiMr. [Argue in terms of 'Arm approbation, as also of Mr. Taylor, the carpenter, and, all the seamen and marine,. of the party.' I atn happy to add, stA,accotnplished without any loss on our side. -Thit enemy had three killed and nine badly wounded. • I . have; &c. • (Signed) L. YEO. Sir ark s Cottofi, Bart. Admi . ral of the Rd, &c. &c. &c. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 26. 7 -Arrived the American Ship Susan, of New.Nork, DiLAINEY, in ballast, from . Belfast, bound to New York—on the loth inst. in lat. 453. long. 38..30.1he fell. in with and was . captured by the French Frigates L' Italia! and Sirene, of 40 guns each, the same which escaped some time since from St. Maims, with troopa,, 'which they landed at Martinique, where they re mained only one day, and sailed again on tpeir return to France. They hat captured before. the Susan fell in with them the Sapho Privateer Brig, of Lon don, S2arrit ; the Sarah King Letter of Marque, of London,JGAßimma ; and. the American Schooner Windham, 'PAYNE ; the latter, with part of his CreW, were detained on board one of these Frigates, and the, remainder, with the Captains,and crews of the other vessels captured were put on beard the Susan, as a Cartel, with a French °Meer, and are arrived here ; the Sarah King was twice chased by the same Frigates in their passage to .Martinique, An American reasal is ireitcd here, laden with fruit, from 'Lisbon, detained IJy tlie Squadron under the command of Sir CnAuLes Ccerit , a, crnizing. i - of the Tagus; about 7 a , fortnigh t since she was iboarded by two Vrineh Brig Privateers 'in '1t0 . .0. 45. long. IG. Who inipired particularly iw f thrhad 'been t bOarded . by - any English' aert:titers, and on being in ! formed they had not, permitted her to proceed. Arrived the Mediator, of 44 guns, frotn ofd' the i Tagus; she is. said to have , `captured two French _ Privateers.and sent them to Falmouth. ' . FALMOUTH, MARc If .2 .—Arrived ills Majesty's Ship l'itina:er, '6f, 16 : guns, Capt. Btu., froni a cruize; Thalia, of 36 gaits, ti.orn Guernsey ; Ship issex, rSILLEMAN, from li‘verpool, to wait convoy for the Brozils ; Cosmopolite, Tuomrsox, from Cadiz, for London, with wine ; ifieuirne Brig Pri vateer, GILPIIN, from. a cruize off the Western Islands ; Cecilia Tender and naval Transport' from Plymouth; and Fame Cutter, Duv v, from a cruize, and sailed again. The Ship Simon Taylor, from Jamaica,. for Lon don, passed This Harbour yesterday; as did also the Ship Mentor, QUELCH : parted from the Lypia, of Liverpool, St. Anna, of Lancaster, George, of Glas gow, and Eliza, fur London, in '10; 4u LAS. long. 3 4 2. id a heavy gale of wind. All those Vessels are horn the West Indies, and parted from the convoy some time since in a gale. Arived this evening the A6live E xcise Cutter from a cruize. PoR/SMOLiTII4 MARCH Majesty's Ships .Boadiera, Medusa, Alphea, „and Ant, have capttn'ed and seat into this Port the following French fishing Boma, viz• Le Ban Garcon, Le Mari Alexandre, Le Petit Paul, La Petite Pauline, L'Arnitie, La Vietuire La lennette, Le Llement, La Troy, La Bonne Union, L''Esperauce, Le Pere de Parnille, i.e St. Germain, L'Angelique, La leunexca. lime, Le St. Pierre Bien aime de Sauveur, I.e Vainquetlr de laloul Le Cesar, L'.lrd.:lle, Les Deux Anus, La Villairie, and Le St. Pierre. Arrived his Majesty's Ship .oesident, tram Ply mouth ; Insolent, Matine, and Orestes, from a cruize; Boadicea and Medusa, from gtf HaVre ; Avenger; and Racehorse, from Plymouth.; anti constant, from a cruize. Capt. J. BIUSBANE Is appointed to La Belle. Nile, and Capt. CARTAEW to La . Wake, at this Port; Capt. G. HOPE is appointed Captain of the J4ltie Fleet; Capt. BEAUMAN is appointed to the' Princess of Orange, Admiral CAMPBXLI-`3 .Flag Ship, in the Downs ; Lieut. Sir G. Kautz, Bart. is appointed to' the Retltreast Gun-vessel, at 'this Port ; Capt. A. FRASER is appointed to the comtnand of the Sea Fent:ll)les at Dundee ; and Capt. A. Bacuaa, to the command of the Sea Fencibles at ,Harwich. LtvEarooL,MAtton 26.—Arrived the. Experiment, PROCTER, from St. Lucie ; the sailed on the tWI Wt. in company with the Prince of Asturigs, tot Dublin, and parted from her on the 15th. The Roston, Fenn, sailed from Barbadoes for this Port on the 7th Febrpary. The Francis. Freckling Packet, from Falmouth, had passed Barbadoes for JaMaica. DEAL, IVlAncit 26.--Arrived the- cliprey Sloop, from a (like. . 'Sailed the Snipe and Exertion Gun-brigq, for the Baltic ; also the Indignant and Phosphorus Gnri brigs, o M A fiCH 27.---Arrived the Euryaba, 38 guns, and the .Ifaguet frinu the Westward; also the Cracker Gun-brig, train a crilize, Stiu4Nass, MARCH the Kangarop And Milano Sloops of War lbr the Downs. The westerly wind dying away and the breeze springing up again from the eastward, the whole of the 'Vessels under weigh yesterday, are again at anchor.. Sailea for the River the Ned Elven Brig. Mr. \VM. WILD is appointed hy . the Atitttiralty Purger of ,the Craizer Stoop War, Capt. G, C: and ,Mr. WFST I'nrser of the dloart stop') of War (lute Danish), fitting at Chatham. Letters from New York state, that on a (ies tion moved by'Mr. DYKE, in Congress, the vertu/lent was in a minority of one, and in an.: Other which immediately followed' respetiing an additional Lied Force. to be levied, the Govern ment gained the question by one. The Embargo hai lost Mr. JECITPASON a number of friends in the South, who have been seriously .affected by it: The ground the President has lost, and islikely to lose, is stated to be the best security for his remaining at peace with this country. THE OPERN. r .-.1.11e serious Opera of Didone was represented on Saturday last at the Opera House, but not before a numerous audience. CATALAN' is by -no means recovered, and she ought to: be indulged with,sdrue respite from her labours,, Her zeal for the interests of the property is much to be corn'- mended,' but she may do herself an essential injury by performing under so evident an .indiSpoSition.— There were, not many of the higher ranks present, but the pit was tolerably. well attended. It is truly edifying to observe the tender interest which the Ettperor•nfAusTatA takes in the Mari time Peace ! Undoubtedly he has persuaded him- self that when BVONAPAit'iE, in addition to his other bit escaped each time, and was taken by them no , possessions; 'Shall be in the enjoyment of " Ships, , ... tleir return. The Windhanz and.Suralt King were ; Colonies , and Commerce," he will feel inclined to ' ~. „ restore a few or tne rroi inces of which he has de both burnt by the enerny,.ithd they were-about to ; s p o iled hi s E mperi ii i Frien'd and Ally. burnthe Sappho,' owing to her bad Sailit6,,; itwas' ' Ueneral NY slur 14.1.0cms earned with - him to the Rio declared ini board the Frigates th a t they would burn . Platt, a Conimis,iiyu, aan appointing b 9vernor-Ue ; . nem' of Buenos Ayres, with a salary oftfe,ouol. per had• been previously boarded uns .1 A 1 •i . d ,'' . • •rt every Atnericau. that by a Brittsll Cruizer. . enn II n a rnoA un liglite pou er, in tAery pa ' I of thilicknioistration, Civil it: well as Military. .fiontuG.ll,. INTERESTING PRIVATE LETTaR. LISBON, VAL 4?8, ,1808. '" A few days since the Russian Admiral SINIA.• ti~IN received regular advices from St. Putershtirgn he cornmenetntieut of hqstitities between Epgland. In. etittgegit6nee of these advices, ,Adtiti7 tar GuElOAhe same - afternoon struck his flag, and pioceeded.with the other British - Officers, stlvon in number„overland to St. Petersburgh., The Russian Squadron he're i , in a most dtTlOrabie condition ; it consist's still of nine. Sail of the Line and one Frigate, the mullet of which are, the Si. Raphael, SlM:elena, Fiorth, , .I'lvu Scone, Foos, Itheicheu l . nun, Sil'ny, and Geruslof Frigate. ►' A handful of Englishmen on the night of the 13th inst. : caine within musket-shot of Belem Gas- le, and cut out a Gun-boat, mating. one 24 and wo 6Loottoddrs, with fitly men, cotumandeci by :34i A DOLVfft,' wliieli they took to sea, without h4v - - . ing heel) perceived by the batteries; and the next day ; by way of amusement, those impwientidiows placed her Under one of the forts, with, their English Ensign over that of France, and kit her there for some time to see if we would fire At her.. They'af terwardS caw in their boats and tuck her away again : some little opposition was sliewn, and had three men killed and nine wounded. .1 Flag ~of Trace was sent in with the wo! rst. rnded, who at fi General Jeuor would not permit to .be landed, hot be afterwards relented, and the poor Fellow., are taken care. of., Since his affair an order has been - given to Place the Carlotta Frigate, the Beqiimin Sloop, and a Brig, abreast of the Casale. The Portu guese are, however, of opinion that the English will not be long before they take those Ships , also under their especial care and prote r tlion. , " The Portuguese army% is entirely disbanded, some of the Officers have been shot, by order of the French General, being strongly auspetted bidisatiec tim to the mild taw.s laid Own by our new Go vernors. And last week nine men were shot at the Caldas, (about sixty Miles from Lisbon), having been guilty of the high crime of concealing fire-arms in their houses. 1‘ General Jutityr has said', and the preparations made and making support the assertion, that !WON A^ PARTE leas determined to ,pay us a visit, and is 4c , tually on his way. The Marquis DR ABRANTH4, (late Viceroy,) BRANCAUP, one (dour richest Mer chants, and several others, are'ordered to proceed :o Spain to. Meet', him. "The Regency is entirely abolished, and the Duke of •CminAvA es, brother, who remains, in Lisbon, has pension allowed him of ten thousand crusades per annum. The property of the nuke, hi; brother, - who accompanied the PONCH Rnoau-r to the Rra zil3, has all been confiscated... " The contribmion of forty millions, of crusades is put in execution, and one instalment paid ; and the plate front St. Roque has been Canted to the Mint. JusioT receives five per cent. from the amount of all kinds of extorted property„, And it. is supposed he has already aceutuulated,in this way . about fifteen millions of francs. A conscription of forty ihutts.,nd men, between the ages of eighteen and thirty-tive, is about to be carried into immedi• ate effect. The convents aro to - be convened into worithout•cs for the reception ofthe poor, who beliefs forward are to be employed in spinning silk, cotton, and wool. " The, plan of confiscation here is precisely - the same as practised by the French at Naples, and in the North. They do not want goods but mon e y, and unitOrmly require, of persons possessing articles of isritith manutaeture, that they should pay one third of the amount in , cash, and the remainder with the goods. The Spanish troops have receited .orders to evacuate St. Übes and Oporto. " The Cardinal Patriarch, Don Jose FltANCtsco MI , NDOCA, aged 87, died on the 1I th instant, and was brine I o n the I3th in a very plain tuannev," Grist exertions are making to improve the fortifi catkins of Copenhagen, by the addition of a strong chain of ont-works. A Commisson has been ap pointed to inspect the works. It is said to be the in , tens ion of the Crown Prince to surround the city by : 4 body of water 4000 feet broad., . A letter dated flack .ltiver, Jamaica, February 5, give the tbllowing account of a dreadful tire that. has happened at that place :—` l This once-tiourishirig pike is now in a heap of rains. A most dreadlid conflagTation. happened on Saturday evening list, ‘vlueli has destroyed almost every house in the ls , ty;•' from the bridges and upwards. The property sullied is very great ; not fuss, in . my opinitak, Cl3il 50,•0001. 1111 ;amongst the unfortunate' sutfeteris, but have not as yet been able to ascertain .the tent Of my loss. My 'hi:,oks and papers are all sate.. The tire was occasioned by-a musquito nut Catching.. Lire in the house of a Mr. Lee,"' A few days since, as some workmen Were digging; a vault in '4l small court at the back of. Mr. LAW - ItliNCeS houic, N0..3r., High-streetXlAtenham, they found, within siXteen itiches of the Surface, .a fresh Woking brov.tt ealshen pot, containing he tween'•l4 and 1 . 6 - no shillings ot. the reigns of ED wAtib VI. PHILIpIII)d,MAIUY; ELIZAP.ETtI, .1,01141i0 j. rind CH . AIILE - 61. The . whole were in tol era bl e good , condition, and the pot, except from its shape (which soulewhat resetnbled a raisin jar), appeared a s if but lately buricd.--,-Friam there being 11,p Coin, ' however, amongst them-since those of CHAALUS Atis, prob'able that the owner Concealed this little treasuretfuring the dissensions that full , „Aved 'that reign,,t,incl;:falling himself a victim, never returneNt -to re044111f.. .• • • I gSiiTIIFIELD MARKET, MARcti 28, This day's market was fully supplied with. prime.. Beasts, and tbe.shew of Cattle in getteral:was'very good; Beef and Mutton support last prim' s.; Kirk and Veal are Cheaper' than our last report,. and the trade tbr the most part was pretty brisk. The salts, in the Haymarket were tolerably lively ; [lay and Clovei have dropped in price since Friday's market ; obtahled a better price. dea.N ExLin N 04 .) .IVIARCH 8.---There is a mid• ding supply, of Wheat arriyed to-day, and the go . neral sales are fully at last`priees ; Barley in , slip it . and , rather dearer; tine Mak- likewise . ; Pease at little variation ;, Beans , Qs. the two- kii)it higher-; the supplies of Oats, are short, cud tLat trade is named rather higher. Flour as lost week„